2010年2月17日星期三

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8 jailed American missionaries leave Haiti for US (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:24 PM PST

Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, third from left, and other unidentified American missionaries charged with child kidnapping, wait at the tarmac of the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. Eight of the ten U.S. missionaries arrested were released on Feb. 17, nearly three weeks after they were caught trying to take a group of children out of the quake stricken country. Man at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping and jailed for nearly three weeks have left for Miami. The group took off on a US Air Force C-130 cargo plane late Wednesday night. Reporters watched as the plane left the tarmac. Officials from the US State Department and the US Embassy who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, confirmed that the Americans were on the plane that left.

UN says US aid restrictions hurting hungry Somalis (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 05:31 PM PST

A Somali resident guides his donkey as he flees from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta (SOMALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)AP - U.S. restrictions designed to stop terrorists in Somalia from diverting aid are hurting humanitarian operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country, U.N. officials said Wednesday.

Haiti's earthquake camps turning into shanty towns (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 05:18 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2010 file photo, the statue of Haitian independence hero, Toussaint Louverture stands in the back as a woman cooks food at a makeshift camp for homeless earthquake survivors at the Champ de Mars plaza in Port-au-Prince. Nicolas Sarkozy's visit on Feb. 17, the first ever by a French president, is reviving memories of the costs of Haiti's 1804 independence. For weeks now officials, aid workers and Haiti's government have debated where and how they — and 1.2 million other made homeless by the Jan. 12 disaster — should live. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)AP - First there was an empty field. Then came rows of makeshift tents. Now those camps are turning into shanty towns — with bakeries, lottery stands and homes — that show no sign of moving soon.

Embattled Afghan Taliban rely on human shields (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 05:02 PM PST

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Whitman, from Clearwater, Fla., and from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment kicks in a door to search a compound while on a patrol in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Taliban fighters holding out in Marjah are increasingly using civilians as human shields, firing from compounds where U.S. and Afghan forces can clearly see women and children on rooftops or in windows, Afghan and U.S. troops said Wednesday.

Israelis convinced: Mossad behind Dubai hit (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:09 PM PST

This combination image made from undated photos released by the Dubai Ruler's Media Office on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, which were claimed by Dubai's Police Chief to show eleven suspects wanted in connection with the killing of a Hamas commander, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, in his Dubai hotel room last month. (From left to right, top row): Evan Dennings of Irish nationality, Gail Folliard of Irish nationality, James Leonard Clarke of British nationality, Jonathan Louis Graham of British nationality; (From left to right, middle row) Michael Bodenheimer of German nationality, Paul John Keeley of British nationality, Michael Lawrence Barney of British nationality; (From left to right, bottom row) Peter Elvinger of French nationality, Kevin Daveron of Irish nationality, Melvyn Adam Mildiner of British nationality, Stephen Daniel Hodes of British nationality. (AP Photo/Dubai Ruler's Media Office) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Israeli security officials said Wednesday they were convinced the Mossad was behind the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai and harshly criticized the spy agency for allegedly stealing the identities of its own citizens to carry out the hit.

Greece financial crisis: From overspending to lean times (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:45 PM PST

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou gestures while taking questions during a media conference after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. European finance ministers bluntly told Greece to prepare tougher spending cuts and new taxes in an attempt to snuff out a government debt crisis that has shaken the entire eurozone. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)Time.com - As Greece's government buckles down to slash its soaring deficit, its people are preparing for lean times ahead -- and they're none too happy about it

Wenger blames ref over controversial Porto goal (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:13 PM PST

Arsenal's French coach Arsene Wenger is seen during their UEFA Champions League match against FC Porto at the Dragao Stadium in Porto, on february 17. Porto won 2-1.(AFP/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Arsene Wenger accused referee Martin Hansson of gifting Porto the winning goal in the Portuguese side's 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.

Ancient Arabic inscription found in Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:25 PM PST

An Israel Antiquities Authority worker holds a fragment of a marble plaque with an Arabic inscription dated to 910 CE, discovered in Jerusalem's Old City, and displayed Wednesday, Feb. 17. 2010. The fragment of a 1,100-year-old plaque is thought to have been made by an army veteran to express his thanks for a land grant from the caliph al-Muqtadir, who the inscription calls 'Emir of the Faithful.' Dating from a time when Jerusalem was ruled by the Muslim Abbasid empire, the plaque shows one way rulers rewarded their troops and ensured their loyalty.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - A home renovation in Jerusalem's Old City has yielded a rare Arabic inscription offering insight into the city's history under Muslim rule, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday. The fragment of a 1,100-year-old plaque is thought to have been made by an army veteran to express his thanks for a land grant from the Caliph al-Muqtadir, whom the inscription calls "Emir of the Faithful."

Mexican leader listens to border city on drug war (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:26 PM PST

Students protest in front police officers against the visit of Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. Protesters demanded the presidential resignation after a recent massacre that killed 15 teenagers with no known gang ties. (AP Photo/STR)AP - President Felipe Calderon promised federal investigations into all complaints of extortion and kidnapping in a Mexican border city overwhelmed by drug gang violence.

Does Congo mean business with rush of reforms? (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:21 PM PST

Reuters - PricewaterhouseCoopers' Congo office was winding down for the weekend one Friday when a call came through from an international mining firm hit with a $10 million tax bill.

Fireworks in homeland ahead of Dalai Lama's Obama meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:18 PM PST

Reuters - Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama in northwest China welcomed Thursday's scheduled meeting between their exiled spiritual leader and Barack Obama with a defiant show of fireworks.

Bank of Canada may retain crisis tools for future (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:49 PM PST

Reuters - The Bank of Canada says it may retain in its toolbox some of the emergency liquidity facilities it introduced during the financial crisis, but markets should not expect it to use them in normal times.

Qantas slashes first class seats as profits drop 72 percent (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:14 PM PST

A plane from Qantas airline lands at Sydney Airport. Australian airline Qantas Airways dramatically cut back on its first class service on Thursday after announcing a 72 percent drop in half-year profits to 58 million Australian dollars (52 million US).(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australian airline Qantas Airways dramatically cut back on its first class service on Thursday after announcing a 72 percent drop in half-year profits to 58 million Australian dollars (52 million US).

Report: Officers absent when Afghan ambush killed 5 U.S. troops (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:51 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The absence of experienced senior leaders and inadequate action by officers in a tactical operations center, including a failure to provide effective artillery and air support, contributed to the deaths of five U.S. troops and nine Afghans in a Sept. 8 battle, an official investigation has found.

Israeli-Arab film 'Ajami' spotlights tough, gentrifying Jaffa (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The film "Ajami" was already getting a fair amount of press after being nominated earlier this month for an Oscar in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category.

Rebranding Kosovo: A New Image for a War-Torn Land (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:45 PM PST

Time.com - Kosovo hasn't exactly blossomed in the two years since it declared independence from Serbia. So it's trying a new strategy -- a marketing campaign to make over its image

People of the Year: Paul Sullivan (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:32 PM PST

OneWorld.net - for exposing the disgraceful treatment of soldiers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan and for his work to protect civil liberties for all Americans

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